CVE-2024-0752 (GCVE-0-2024-0752)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-23 13:48 – Updated: 2025-06-20 19:04
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Summary
A use-after-free crash could have occurred on macOS if a Firefox update were being applied on a very busy system. This could have resulted in an exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 122.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Use-after-free could occur when applying update on macOS
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 122 (custom)
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Credits
Nika Layzell
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